Shooting Made Easy Cronkite School Brian Snyder Shooting

Shooting Made Easy Cronkite School Brian Snyder

Shooting Basics 5 Basic Shots - Wide - Medium - Tight - Action - Reaction

Wide Shot – “Establishing” shot Wide shots are usually of a person’s full body, or of a landscape, or of a building. It is helpful to grab a wide shot of each location where you shoot.

Medium Shot A medium shot usually contains a person’s head and part of the torso. The bottom of the frame can be anywhere from just above the waist to the shoulders. This is the standard framing for an interview.

Tight Shot A close-up is framed tightly on a person’s face. Usually, the face will mostly fill the screen, and some of it may not even be visible (top or bottom of the head, etc. )

Action & Reaction For every action, there is a reaction. These shots can come in various forms, but are critical to the story.

Wide Medium Tight Sequence of shots

What shot is it? 1 2 3 4

Interview shots -Talking room -Good background -Lighting is critical -Microphone placement

Creating Meaningful Video -Every picture has a sound. - The challenge is to take the subject matter and make it interesting. - Sound draws people to video. -Shaky video = amateur video - If you don’t have tripod, use your feet as the zoom.

Creating Meaningful Video -When using a tripod, hold your shots and take your hands off the camera. - No pans or zooms, it’s not natural for your eyes or how you look at things. - Find the characters and let them help you tell the story.

Assignment Each person will shoot: -4 sequences (3 -4 shots per seq) (variety of wide, medium, tight) - 2 interviews (2 questions each person)